Sorry about Stella! But she did her job keeping you and your family safe!! Looks like it was quite the impact! How did the other car look?

Glad you guys were not hurt!!

I have wrecked a few cars and it is always a sad moment to let them go before thier time! Good luck in your new quest for a suitable replacement for Stella!

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2006 Jetta TDI DSG 320k miles
1997 Ford F150 325k miles 4.2L V6 "Work Truck"
2008 Tundra 225k miles 5.7L
1982 240D.....sold
1984 300D...Totaled OUCH!
1985 300D Turbo 222k miles "Dos" sold to 79Mercy
1986 300SDL 98K miles "The Beater"....sold
1987 190E 2.3 16v Euro spec 115K miles....sold

Was a Honda civic hatch back. What is that a CRX or something? I blew out every window in that thing and it's wheelbase has been shortened some.

The driver didn't get hurt too bad which is good.

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

Post pics of w123's with CLK wheels

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1979 240D, 4spd manual, Power Sunroof, manual windows, 147k miles, Pastel gray/Black MB Tex.
1991 300D 2.5 - Smokes like it's on Crack!

Oh no, was it this car?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/%2794-%2795_Honda_Accord_EX_Wagon.jpg/800px-%2794-%2795_Honda_Accord_EX_Wagon.jpg

I loved my wagon back in the day

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

I'm so sorry to hear about the wreck. I really admired that car when you brought it to the get-together, stuffed full of parts. That was so generous of you. I wish I had a spare W123 front end I could give to you, so you could get Stella back on the road.

The damage is another demonstration of how safe these cars are. Unfortunately, while the crumple zones protect the driver & passengers very nicely, they really do crumple....a lot....

Hopefully at the least, the transmission can be saved, and you can build another awesome 300TD. Having a manual transmission in a wagon is just the coolest thing. I've only seen one other wagon in the Seattle area with Euro lights, bumpers & a stick shift (and IIRC, one of those cool Euro hitches).....it was black, and I seem to remember it had been debadged, as well. If I ever see it for sale....

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1976 240D "Katja"

I'm still looking.
I finally got the police report and she got ticketed with failure to yield (In my opinion it should have been negligent driving) and her insurance company has transferred the file to a "local" adjuster. Hopefully they will accept 100% liability.

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

I'm really sorry to hear about your wagon, but happy to hear you're all ok.

I hope everything works out.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Hmmm, I could probably use her liver, maybe a kidney or two.

Precisely. Much better that the crump'ling take place in the structure of the car, than the structure of the human body.

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'98 E300 turbodiesel